1st Edition
Confronting Ecological and Economic Collapse Ecological Integrity for Law, Policy and Human Rights
Foreword
Peter Brown
Introduction
Laura Westra
Part 1: The Role and History of Integrity (From Grave Problems to Possible Reversals)
Introduction
Laura Westra
1. Why the Global Ecological Integrity Group? The Rise, Decline and Rediscovery of a Radical Concept
Jack Manno
2. Environmental Norms in the Courtroom: The Case of Ecological Integrity in Canada’s National Parks
Shaun Fluker
3. The Future of the Common Heritage of Mankind: Intersections with the Public Trust Doctrine
Prue Taylor
4. The Exploitation of Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Tullio Scovazzi
5. Ecological Integrity in European Law?
Agnes Michelot
Part 2: Ecological Integrity and Basic Rights: The Interface
Introduction
Agnes Michelot
6. Lessons Learned From the Climate Change Disinformation Campaign About Responsible Scientific Skepticism
Don Brown
7. Granting Development consent by specific legislative act: Choice to circumvent public participation and judicial control? The European Perspective
Vicky Karageorgou
8. The Principles of Integration and Interrelationships in International Law related to Sustainable Development: Sobering Lessons from EU Law
Owen McIntyre
9. Thinking about the Future of Global Water Governance
Joe Dellapenna
10. How the UN Agencies contribute to the needs of the world. Focus on Gender
Yuliya Lyamzina
Part 3: From Disintegrity to Ethical Concern: Cases and Issues
Introduction
Prue Taylor
11. Key actors of the red sludge disaster in Hungary
Janos Toth
12. Dollars and Dreams: Legal Aspirations and Report Cards in the Murray Darling Basin of Australia
Janice Gray
Part 4: Integrity and the Economy
Introduction
Prue Taylor
13. How Regulation of Finance Got it Wrong and How it Still Does
Giovanni Ferri
14. Enhancing Global Regulation: Exploring Alternative Financial Machinery
Michelle Gallant
15. Moving Forward with Planetary Boundaries and Degrowth
Geoff Garver
16. The virtuous circle of Degrowth and Ecological Debt: a new paradigm for Public International Law?
Noémie Candiago
17. Tobacco Wars, Analogies and Standards of Review in International Investment Arbitration
Valentina Vadi
Part 5: Moving Forward: New Approaches & Concluding Thoughts
Introduction Beyond Collapse: Claiming the Holistic Integrity of Planet Earth
J. Ronald Engel
18. The Project of Earth Democracy
Peter Burdon
19. Dreaming the Universe: Contending Stories of Our Place in the Cosmos
Joan Gibb Engel
20. Occupy Wall Street: The History and Potential of a Movement to Make a New World Possible
Sheila Collins
21. Confronting Ecological and Economic Collapse: Ecological Integrity for Law, Policy and Human Rights: The Legacy of Rio+20; Saving the Commons from the Market
Klaus Bosselmann
22. Confronting Collapse: Human Cognition and the Challenge for Economics
William Rees
Index
Biography
Laura Westra is Professor Emerita (Philosophy) and Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Canada, and Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Law, University of Milano (Bicocca), Italy. She is the author, editor or co-editor of 29 books, many on ecological integrity, five of which are published by Earthscan/Routledge.
Prue Taylor is Deputy Director, New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Agnès Michelot is Maître de conférences HDR en droit public and co-director of the Center of Juridical and Political Studies (CEJEP) at the Université de La Rochelle, France.
